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[CerealExperimentsLain]

10 hours ago, CerealExperimentsLain said:

What?  This is a perfectly valid way to warm your frozen pizza dough for Friday night.

 

I was serious, FYI.

 

[ari735]

On 5/7/2021 at 7:47 PM, CerealExperimentsLain said:

I was serious, FYI.

 

Omg that’s... good job lol

[CerealExperimentsLain]

8 hours ago, ari735 said:

Omg that’s... good job lol

14 months and counting in a global pandemic, making my own pizza every Friday... Slowly getting better at it.

 

The true 'Contactless' delivery.

[Belac F]

Brought my LTT water bottle to work (I work in tech sales at a large business supply retail store) and one of my managers recognized it  He said he is more of a Jayz2Cents guy but he watches occasionally lol. 

[ari735]

7 hours ago, Belac F said:

Brought my LTT water bottle to work (I work in tech sales at a large business supply retail store) and one of my managers recognized it  He said he is more of a Jayz2Cents guy but he watches occasionally lol. 

I'm waiting on mine from LTT store. But I'm a fan of both; Jayz2Cents makes great videos too!

[Belac F]

16 hours ago, ari735 said:

I'm waiting on mine from LTT store. But I'm a fan of both; Jayz2Cents makes great videos too!

Definitely! I'm just glad I have a manager who knows his stuff, even the general manager isn't that well informed on a lot of tech stuff. One time he told me he had a broken SSD and he would give it to me for 10 bucks. It was a laptop SSHD. He dropped it in front of me, but told me it was an SSD so it would be ok. You could literally see from looking at it that it wasn't an SSD. After he promised me I could return it, I took him up on his offer. SSD or not, 10 dollars for a terabyte is a steal. I literally had to go to disk manager and initialize it. It took 2 min. Great deal, but hes been there 20 years and should really know what hes talking about. (I also heard him saying quite recently to a customer that intel was just a better amd, a ryzen 5 was equivelant to an i3. This was in the last few months. He also told a customer that the 1660 ti was discontinued. I dont work at some department store with an electronics section either, we are probably the biggest tech seller in our town.

 

 

Also having a manager who watches Linus and Jay is just the coolest thing ever

[AyesC]

On 5/11/2021 at 11:16 AM, Belac F said:

Brought my LTT water bottle to work (I work in tech sales at a large business supply retail store) and one of my managers recognized it  He said he is more of a Jayz2Cents guy but he watches occasionally lol. 

My birthday is coming up maybe I should finally buy one for myself... 

[Belac F]

4 minutes ago, AyesC said:

My birthday is coming up maybe I should finally buy one for myself... 

Id definitely recommend it! 

[CerealExperimentsLain]

I paid CAD$20 for this Radeon R9 280X in late 2019 from a computer store that was shuttering, actually it was a pair for CAD$40 all in.  This one had bad fans and was missing it's bracket.  CAD$30 in replacement parts and I'm finally going to reassemble and repair this and get it on eBay for at least $120. :3

This was borderline ewaste when I Got it, but now the GPU market is nuts and this is a perfectly serviceable 1080p card

[Murasaki]

15 hours ago, CerealExperimentsLain said:

:3

Wish I could find out why my old rx480 died so I can atleast try and repair it but chances are it's not gonna happen. Could sell it for parts but no clue how much its worth.

[CerealExperimentsLain]

3 hours ago, Murasaki said:

Wish I could find out why my old rx480 died so I can atleast try and repair it but chances are it's not gonna happen. Could sell it for parts but no clue how much its worth.

Yeah this card I have already tested before the pandemic, I had two identical ones and one working cooler, it tested fine and then sat on a shelf.  So while I'll test it again once ready (I apparently lost my smallest electronics screw driver and had to order another set...) this should just be a matter of putting on working fans.

[da na]

On 4/15/2021 at 2:32 AM, Jay427 said:

 

 

Ah yes my 18756mhz ram... damn

[CerealExperimentsLain]

Took some time cause I apparently lost my screwdrivers, but this R9 280X is running fine, no issues with cooling, no noise, I scrubbed the shroud down, hosed out the heat sink, new silicon pads, new fans.  It's running Firestrike on a loop for a few hours to just make sure there's no issues before going back to eBay and into a new home.

 

[the gamer that is bad]

15 minutes ago, CerealExperimentsLain said:

Took some time cause I apparently lost my screwdrivers, but this R9 280X is running fine, no issues with cooling, no noise, I scrubbed the shroud down, hosed out the heat sink, new silicon pads, new fans.  It's running Firestrike on a loop for a few hours to just make sure there's no issues before going back to eBay and into a new home.

 

How much is a card like that

[CerealExperimentsLain]

4 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

How much is a card like that

I paid CAD$20 for it in parts, broken fan, no PCIE bracket even, so CAD$35 in replacement parts, but I think it should go for about CAD$120.  I sold a Radeon HD 7950 3GB for CAD$110 a few weeks ago and the Radeon R9 280X is really just a rebadged Radeon HD 7970 3GB, so I think it could do CAD$120-$130.

To be clear, I got it for CAD$20 back in late 2019 when it was worth maybe CAD$50-$60 so I just left it on a shelf.

[the gamer that is bad]

11 hours ago, CerealExperimentsLain said:

I paid CAD$20 for it in parts, broken fan, no PCIE bracket even, so CAD$35 in replacement parts, but I think it should go for about CAD$120.  I sold a Radeon HD 7950 3GB for CAD$110 a few weeks ago and the Radeon R9 280X is really just a rebadged Radeon HD 7970 3GB, so I think it could do CAD$120-$130.

To be clear, I got it for CAD$20 back in late 2019 when it was worth maybe CAD$50-$60 so I just left it on a shelf.

Nice internally screaming insues at gpu prices

[CerealExperimentsLain]

4 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

Nice internally screaming insues at gpu prices

Right?  This was left on a shelf so long cause 'It's not worth selling and maybe I can use it some day?' Today it's 'Okay I'm never gonna use this and wow, I can turn this into more free shelf space and some pocket money!'  The parts would have cost more than the selling price 18+ months ago.

[Suki-chan]

I need to reorder boba pearls...

[CerealExperimentsLain]

*looks at desktop with 1440p monitor and an RTX 3080*

...Hrm.

*Looks at couch gaming PC on a 4K TV and a GTX 1080*

....Do I... Have this backwards?

[CerealExperimentsLain]

1 minute ago, Benji said:

Most definitely

But the desktop is 165hz and the TV is 60hz.  And the TV is more for casual couch fun? Though the 1080 def puts the couch gaming PC as a tick below Xbox Series X and PS5... But well above Xbox One X and PS4 Pro... Hrm.

 

There's def times I've mused switching the two for certain situations, but the 3080 is huge.  That thing needs a support arm installed and everything.  The 1080 is a lot easier to fit and it only needs an 8pin for power.

[SavageNeo]

 

 

[CerealExperimentsLain]

BluRay Recordable media is great.  It does away with the problematic organic dyes of CDR and DVDR to allow pretty amazing shelf life.  You can also read it in very available consumer drives.  Short of a hammer, a microwave, or trying to dissolve it with chemicals or prolonged UV exposure, it's bulletproof.  It can survive temperatures, humidity, and even EM radiation well beyond the limits tape media would withstand.

 

...But those read and write speeds are a downer...  Over 2hrs to write and verify 87GB to a disc.

[Yano]

Hey everyone, I looked around and I didn't see a good thread but this one to post a thank you, so I thought I'd use this... here we go.

Thanks to Linus and everyone in LMG for doing what you're doing. I found your videos about 6 months ago and it's reignited my love of geeking out on the PC both as a hermit at times, and with my two little kids who like to geek out with me, Breath of the Wild is our game of choice at this moment. That being said, that is not all that I appreciate you for...

 

I'm also a teacher, and former (or soon to be) Assistant Principal down in the states. Many of my students who start to struggle at school for the most part say their dream is to be a Youtuber one day. Knowing what I know and not wanting to be that guy, I don't shoot that down. We take the time in my office or classroom, and examine what they want to do. I use your videos (both the early ones, and new ones) to show success in that venture, but also the work that you've all put into it. I help them map out the three things that stand out in your videos. 1. How do you stand out from the crowd? 2. How much you have to hustle and really know the business to succeed, and 3. Are you willing to stick with it the long-term? After mapping all of this out and showing what you do, you see the change in their eyes, sometimes it's realization that it's not as easy as just unboxing things, but there has been that occasional student who takes what I say to heart and really starts to plan things out. And for that... I say Thank You.

 

I'm that teacher that talks video games with my students, and the latest tech and your videos really help me hang in there with them :). Someday I'll be able to look at one of your builds and actually be able to do it myself (when my wife lets me drop that kind of coin), but until that day comes, I enjoy seeing what you do and dreaming of a system of my own one day, or a sweet camera for my wife. I've already taken your advice on a few other things and it's paid off huge! That being said, for what I've learned about the business side of Youtube through your videos and the impact it's been able to have on my students, once again, Thank You.

 

I hope this video finds everyone at LMG well and I don't know if you've done one, but I'd love to see a video where you talk about how and why you started, and when you hit that moment where you realized you were making it. If I could stop by and deliver this to you in person, I would, but being in Washington State, and COVID, it's a bit of a drive :). Best of luck to you all and Thank You.

 

Drew

[Suki-chan]

May the lives lost in San Jose today have a peaceful rest.

[CerealExperimentsLain]

I have too much free time, a photo printer and a copy of Illustrator...